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Evaluate Seurat

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category - graphics type - enhancement
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Description

Seurat - from Google - is precomputed visibility from a cube resulting in a textured mesh. They used it to _extract_ Google Earth scenes for mobile VR rendering.

If the format is published (glTF!?!?!), it could be interesting to support.

* Article: https://www.blog.google/products/google-vr/bringing-google-earth-expeditions-seurat/
* YouTube intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tto90e-DfeM&feature=youtu.be&t=28m34s
* Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/claybavor/status/917858443871977472

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked Google article, YouTube introduction, and Twitter thread to understand Seurat's precomputed visibility and textured-mesh output. Check whether the format has been published, especially the glTF possibility, then document whether Cesium can support it and what scope would be required.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
computer-graphics
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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